WATCH: Jesper Tjäder Hits World’s First Switch Loop

This year's course implemented a slew of new features and a build that capitalized on transition hits and flowy, unique styles. In liue of just wantonly building a ridiculous amount of XL jumps, the creators of Audi Nines went for originality first and foremost, and had the foresight to build a full loop on the course.

Well, that creative planning paid off over the weekend when Swedish freeskiing extraordinaire Jesper Tjäder decided to hit the full loop switch, and became the first skier to ever accomplish the feat.

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Julian Carr and Owen Leeper are the dream team when it comes to a very specific style of skiing: massive hucks and straightlines through extremely technical terrain. For anyone who’s been following Carr and Leeper on social media for the past few weeks, you may have noticed the send meter got turned to 11 – and left there for good measure.
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Leeper’s home base of Jackson Hole, WY just underwent one of the

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A view of Mt. Cheops from Bonne trees. Travis Rousseau photo.
Canada is vast and in the winter it can be cold and snowy - which is why so many people love it here. But as big as the country is, there just aren’t many roads. If you want to travel from one part of the country to another, you are going to have the take the Trans Canada Highway (TCH) aka Highway 1 which is the 7,821-km-long artery of Canada connecting East and West.
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2019 was a wild year in the adventure world, with everything from first descents and ascents of the planet’s wildest peaks, to stories of incredible rescue missions in impossibly harsh environments. Each year, National Geographic selects of Adventurers of the Year, people who have accomplished things so out of the ordinary that they deserve higher recognition. Among those who have won this award in the past are Jeremy Jones, Alex Honnold, Kilian Jornet, and Hilaree Nelson, to name a few.